Experian

The federal government is investigating a security lapse that exposed the personal information of more than 700 patients at Cook County Health and Hospitals System this year.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has listed the data exposure among its current investigations.

The hospital system publicly acknowledged the incident in a news release in October, saying that it was notified by Experian Health in August that Experian mistakenly sent patient information to other health care facilities during a computer system upgrade in March.

That information included names, account numbers, medical record numbers and birthdays. Addresses,...

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